Male Cardinal

[denise ippolito]

Canon 40D
500mm
iso 640
1/60 sec. at f/8
still seems to be noise in BG- not a big crop and ran it thru noise reduction on cs4

[Harold Davis]

hehehe! that's a good one denise! i would run another round of NR on the bg. i love the action. definitely has a little humor to it!!

[Gus Cobos]

A great close up pose Denise... just a touch of noise reduction on the background...good show...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Denise - agree with Nr H and Gus - some NR on the BG. Big peanut for a little bird :)

[Gail Spitler]

Like the sharpness, right on exposure, and composition.
BTW I am amazed that northern cardinals take whole peanuts. Out here I feed whole peanuts to Steller's Jays and the jays are about a third larger than the cardinal. Nice idea for an image. I have lots of images of "jay with peanut", but nothing as striking and appealing as your image. Well done.
Gail

[denise ippolito]

[quote=Gail Spitler
BTW I am amazed that northern cardinals take whole peanuts. Out here I feed whole peanuts to Steller I have lots of images of "jay with peanut",


Gail, I put the peanuts out for the bluejays -this is the first peanut I ever saw the cardinal go for-BTW he left it! Go figure

[Alfred Forns]

That is one tough cardinal Denise !!!!

Love the perspective and sharpness Good colors on the bird, not overcooked !!! Excellent !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Beautiful colours and sharp Denise. He must have been pretty hungry. Just some NR. Very nice!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

I think you have a beautiful image. The colors are very natural and the BG does not seem to have all the noise the others are pointing out. At least not on my monitor.
Congrats

[Nonda Surratt]

Love the detail and well the image is a hoot! Super BG colors too. A bit of noise, not much

[Katie Rupp]

This is a great catch, Denise!! amazing.

[Jeni Williams]

Beautiful image and colours Denise! I'm also picking up a bit of noise on bg but not too much! What a mouthful to even attempt!:D